Streats, 12 May 2001

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    21 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 103/06/2000 ‘SATURDAY 12 May 2001
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    Lock icon They ended up paying passenger for dinner, durians and sex Cabbies conned
    794 1  -  by ZUBAIDAH NAZEER LONG before the cash-back system was in place, Lionel Loh Yen-Fong had already tasted its benefits at the expense of two cabbies last December. And he enjoyed more than free cab rides, too. With the
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    Lock icon Gus Dur digs in
    291 1 Wire services JAKARTA Like a wounded tiger, President Abdurrahman Wahid roared with anger yesterday at reporters. The nearly-blind cleric is under pressure to step down and hand over power to his deputy, Ms Megawati Sukarnoputri. Yesterday, when a reporter asked him pointblank if he would, he
    – Wire services  -  291 words
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      115 1 Looking through different glasses... The American and Chinese media were nationalistic. Chinese chat sites, which provide the freest media space in China, were far more anti-US than the official Chinese media. The BBC was more nuanced in its reporting than CNN but its position was still very much Western. I
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      Lock icon BG Yeo on global media Profit-minded, biased, but...
      337 2 HAVE you ever stopped to wonder how the media the numerous TV and radio channels, the Internet and this newspaper that you are holding have influenced the way you see the world? Trade and Industry Minister George Yeo has, and in his
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    • Article
      Lock icon Think tank ex-boss on drink driving charge
      137 2 JAMES Gomez, the former executive director of activist group Think Centre, has been charged with drink driving. Gomez, 36, a civil society activist, was charged on Wednesday with driving under the influence of alcohol. The alleged offence occurred along Balestier Road on Jan
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      Lock icon Grandma jailed for harbouring illegals
      214 2 HARBOURING illegal immigrants has landed a 71-year-old grandmother in jail. Lee Hong Tee was sentenced to six months in jail yesterday for renting her flat in Cavenagh Road to four illegal Bangladeshi immigrants. Three similar charges were taken into consideration at her sentencing. She admitted
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      Lock icon morning smile
      52 2 Young Son: Is it true, Dad? heard that in some parts of Asia a man doesn't know his wife until he marries her? Dad: That happens in most countries, son. Do you know how many lawyer jokes there really are in the world? Only three. The rest are
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      Lock icon Study shows link with handphones It's a real headache
      308 3 Earpieces help cut risk of pain by 20 per cent IF you love to yak on your handphone, it’s time to cut down. A study by the National University of Singapore (NUS) found that handphone users are 30 per cent more
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    • Article
      Lock icon Spoilt children 'can turn abusive'
      329 3  -  by 'KHUSHWANT SINGH families must be strong enough to get through tough times, because everyone has to face crises at some time or another > Mr Abdullah Tarmugi, Minister for Community Development and Sports, s aid yesterday. He was speaking at a symposium on Resilience
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      Lock icon Helper in the rain
      93 3 onekindact. Danie Dharmu THANK you to the Chinese lady aged in her 20s who helped me in the rain. I was recently waiting for the green man at a Pedestrian traffic light near Hong Kah Secondary School in the rain when she offered to share her
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      Lock icon 20 men attack Toa Payoh flat
      225 3 TWENTY men armed with knives and poles tried to smash their way into a three-room flat in Toa Payoh Lorong 7 to reach its occupants on Wednesday night. In a scene reminiscent of a Hongkong gangland movie, they said they wanted to “settle something”
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      Lock icon Caring cabbies get award
      212 5  -  reports by SARAH NG BESIDES their occupation, these two taxi drivers have something else in common: Compassion. Comfort cabbies Ng Yu Hua, 56, and Tan Cheng Kang, 58, were awarded the title, Taxi Driver of the Month, for gladly going the extra mile for their passengers.
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      Lock icon Ex-Beatle got cancer from smoking Smokers, this story may save your lives
      389 5 there is a lesson to learn from George Garrison’s (right) nearbrushes with fhroat and lung cancers, would be “better late than never”. To quit smoking, that is- The ex-Beatle, 58, had a large cancerous growth removed from his
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      Lock icon Our weather girl says...
      85 5 Our weather girl says Head east and enjoy the fair weather there. It is going to be partly cloudy in central and southern Singapore, while thunderstorms will strike the northern and western parts in the late morning and early afternoon. The tide will hit a high of 2.8 m at
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    • Just a minute
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        92 5 Stress is ever present in our lives. Like adults, children are also susceptible to stress. This talk at Pasir Ris Community Library today, will examine the use of a simple yet systematic three A's approach to managing stress through awareness, analysis and action. It will look at
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      Lock icon No revision of controversial history textbook The book stops here: Koizumi
      352 6 -fiP TOKYO The Japanese government will not revise a history textbook that provoked a diplomatic skirmish with its neighbours, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said yesterday. But he also called on Japan to reflect on the past and strive to
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      Lock icon Death on the ratwalk
      211 6 Reuters SYDNEY A performing rat became a fashion victim for real when it was killed by a falling curtain rod while escorting models at this week’s annual Australian designer show. Hip youth label Tsubi had drafted in 200 of the rodents, which were draped over the
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      Lock icon Rupert Murdoch, 70, to be a dad again
      140 8 -AP MEDIA tycoon Rupert Murdoch is preparing to be a dad again, at the age of 70. A News Corp spokesman confirmed yesterday that his 34-year-old wife Wendi Deng is expecting the couple’s first child. “We can confirm that Mrs Murdoch is
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      Lock icon Pollution allergies hit half of Bangkok
      176 8 -AFP BANGKOK Half the population of Bangkok is suffering from allergies caused by pollution, a survey published yesterday says. Treating the allergies was straining the country’s healthcare system, Dr Kanokrat Nantirujif of Ramathibodi Hospital was quoted as saying in The Nation newspaper yesterday. Of
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      Lock icon Search for alien life
      62 8 webcites You can do volunteer work without lifting a finger. Help seti@home analyse radio waves collected from outerspace by downloading a special screensaver at setiathomejisLberkeiey.edu The screensaver will download a manageable amount of data for your PC to work on. The results from all volunteers are
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      Lock icon US Congress withholds $454 million in dues to UN No seat, no money
      235 9 -AP NEW YORK The US Congress has voted not to pay US$244 million ($454 million) owed to the UN, in retaliation for being kicked off a human rights body. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan criticised Thursday’s 252-165 vote.“l
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      Lock icon Too much sex 'has killed erotic writing'
      146 9 Reuters PARIS -Too much sex is killing French erotic writing, said the leading expert on the genre. “In this day and age, despite appearances, there is very little eroticism maybe even none at all,” Jean-Jacques Pauvert concluded in an anthology of erotic writings
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        Lock icon Are you really Gay?
        109 9 Reuters ROANOKE, Virginia Ronald Edward Gay was so angry over being teased about his last name that he killed one person and wounded six in a shooting rampage in a gay bar. Gay, 55, faces four life terms plus 60 years in prison for the Sept
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        Lock icon Revengeful reptile freed
        102 9 -AFP SYDNEY A snake, tormented by a drunk in Byron Bay, Australia, responded by almost choking the man to death yesterday. Police said the man, 39, was wandering about the town with a two-metre python, harassing passers-by before repeatedly hurling the snake against a wall. The reptile’s
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      Lock icon She's 12, pregnant and had five lovers – but who's the dad?
      128 10 She's 12, pregnant and had five lovers but who's the dad? LONDON Five men were being investigated on Thursday after a 12-year-old girl got pregnant and said she had had sex with all of them. The problem is she doesn’t know who the father is. The girl, who “discovered” sex
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      Lock icon This actor wants to sing
      457 11  -  Sean Lee sees himself as cast in the mould of Takuya Kimura by DIANA SER IT IS not hard to see why people would compare Channel U artiste Sean Lee to a matinee idol. This 23-year-old hails fromTaiwan, the Land of Weepy Soap Operas. Like
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      Lock icon Half the world giving Miss Universe a miss
      388 12 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico Who’s missing from the Miss Universe beauty contest, scheduled to start yesterday? Half the world, it seems. There will be no Miss Great Britain, no Miss Kenya, no Miss Nepal, no Miss Saudi Arabia, no Miss Haiti and
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          Lock icon MISS UNIVERSE 2001 (LIVE)
          44 12 Saturday, 9am, Channel 5 Miss Universe fever is here again and Jaime Teo is Singapore’s representative this time. Can our local beauty make it into the top ten? Or will the heat in Puerto Rico prove too much? Find out
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          48 12 Saturday, 4pm, Channel U Shoe designers Li Han Ni and Shi Lan are friends. Unknown to Han Ni, Shi Lan is not what she seems to be. She plots to snatch Han Ni’s boyfriend from her and tries to get in her way whenever the opportunity arises.
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          Lock icon AMERICAN BEAUTY
          83 12 Saturday, 9pm, HBO (Ch 60) Lester Burnham, a middle-class suburban American is trying to deal with a mid-life crisis. His wife is too busy dealing with her own career crisis to notice that her husband’s life is falling apart. Throw in a daughter who can’t decide which parent
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      Lock icon Dream mummies
      197 13 IF TV viewers’ votes are anything to go by, the best mothers are young, energetic and as pretty as Hongkong star Cecilia Cheung. They’ve also just been dumped by hot hunks. Voted by Hongkong TV viewers as their“ Dream Mummy”, Cheung, still single, was billed as an example
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        Lock icon Hornets back on track
        347 17 Mash burn helps it cut Bucks'lead Reuters CHARLOTTE, North Carolina Jamal Mashburn scored a playoff career-high 36 points as the Charlotte Hornets overcame the Milwaukee Bucks 102-92 in Game Three of their NBA Eastern Conference semi-final series. Elden Campbell added 17 points and David Wesley contributed
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        Lock icon Asian Super League gets okay
        71 17 SOCCER -AP THE Asian Football Confederation has announced it will start an Asian Super League after next year’s World Cup. The executive committee, which met in Singapore on Thursday, approved the merging of the Asian Cup Winners’ Cup and the Asian Club Championship, which will
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        Lock icon Former coach Vest says Geylang can go... All the way
        565 18  -  by I LIM HAN MING S-LEAGUE Geylang 6 Marine Castle 0 NINE matches gone, six points -clear. Table-topper Geylang United can’t ask for a better start to the season. But will it be the last team standing at the end
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        Lock icon Houllier's tactics hold the key to a... Classic contest
        440 19 Houllier's tactics hold the key to a Classic contest FA CUP FINAL Arsenal v Liverpool CARDIFF, Wales Liverpool’s French manager Gerard Houllier holds the key to whether tonight’s final against Arsenal will be a classic or yet another showpiece game that fails to live up to expectations. If Houllier employs
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        Lock icon Key battles
        255 19 ARSENAL LIVERPOOL Tony Adams v Emile Heskey AT 34, Tony Adams (left) might not have many more occasions such as this. But this encounter provides him with the perfect opportunity to show he is not past his best. And he will have to be as he finds himself
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      126 13 Every week photographers from Streats will wander all over Singapore to catch you reading the paper. The reader's picture will be published each Saturday. And if it is your picture, you will win a limited edition Streats watch. But you must call 1-800-844-5566 and give us your name, l/C number
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      480 13 «ii rn If it's ya cjjfbmiyWclciy, ymzmrdjt'jjm g m/i/c Your Daily Horoscope mmmm JAN 20-FEB 18 Ignore free wisdom at your Peril. Your substance is still r are and precious, but your style will soon lead you astray. A touch of humility protects you from the things that you shouldn’t
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      259 14 easy. m The story is about... May's Dream is adapted from a popular Japanese manga about a friendship that is so chummy that the guy treats the gal as one of the chaps. In the beginning, May starts to fantasise about becoming an air stewardess but Kodak scoffs at that
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      237 15 The story today. Four burly men saunter into the restaurant to order a feast. When the waiter asks them to repeat their request, they toss him in the air before slamming him down. Wei Xiaobao can stand it no more. He challenges the four men into fighting Mao Shiba. A
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      80 17 lnthelivingroom_ BASKETBALL: NBA Conference s-finafs, Game 3: Philadelphia 76ers v Toronto Raptors (ESPN Ch23,Bam). HORSE RACING: Singapore Airlines International Cup (SportsCHy, 9.30 pm). MOTOR RACING: Formula One: Austrian Grand Prix qualifying round (Star SpomCh24,7pm), SOCCER: NTUC Income S-League: Sembawang Rangers v Woodlands Wellington (Sports City, 7pm). English FA Cup final:
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